163 



Canard a longequeue Buff, Ois. 9. 202. 



Canard de midon Buff. PI. Enl. 1008. 



VeiU. En. Method. Om. 1. 129. 



Sarcelle deferroe Buff. Ois. 9. 278. 



L'Angletaske Vail. En. Method. Om. 1. 134. 



Trachea Mont. Om. Diet. Sup. jig. 12. 



Linn. Trans, vol. 4, tab. 30, fig. 3—4. 



An inhabitant of the arctic regions, not migrating farther south than the northern part of Scotland. 

 Breeds on the sea coast, making its nest of grass and sea weed; lays generally about eight eggs of 

 a blueish colour. We have given an account of the trachea under the genus Harelda. 



CLANGULA HISTRIONICA. 



Clang. Mas. — Capite atro ; macula utrinque ante oculari auricularique albis. 

 Clang. Fem. — Brunnea ; capite maculis albis obscuris ornatis mare similibus. 



HARLEQUIN DUCK. 



Male duck, with the head black ; a spot on each side before the eyes and on the ears white. 

 Fem. brown duck, Avith marks on the head similar to the male, but obscure. 





.. 161 





...21 



Bill 



1 





... If 





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Middle toe 



.... 2| 



Male : crown black ; between the base of the bill and the eye is a triangular patch of white, 

 w ith the small end towards the bill, from the upper corner of which a streak varying in intensity 

 proceeds over the eye to the occiput ; back of the neck black, with an elongated white streak on 

 each side ; throat and upper part of the neck shining violet black ; an auricular patch white ; collar 

 and a streak extending nearly from the point of one wing round the front of the breast to that of 

 the other, wing coverts, and tertiaries white ; breast, belly, and vent brown ; tail and wings dark 

 umber brown ; wing spot purple ; bill and legs lead coloured, tipped with red ; irides hazel. 



Fem. : brown, with the margins of the feathers paler ; a spot between the base of the bill and 

 the eye, and an auricular one, whitish ; belly and vent white blotched with brown ; rather smaller 

 than the male. 



Clangula Histrionica Stcjdt. Sh. Zool. 1. 180. 



Eyton, Hist. It. Brit. Birds, 84. 

 Anas Histrionica Linn. Syst. L. 204. 



Gmel. $y*t. 1. 534. 



